Karen Cowe is the CEO of Ten Strands, a California-based nonprofit focused on advancing the environmental literacy of K-12 students. She is an education-industry executive with over 30 years of experience in sales and fund development, marketing, program design, professional learning, business development and operations.
Prior to joining Ten Strands, she was president and chief executive officer of Key Curriculum Press, an innovative and award-winning K–12 STEM publisher. Before that, she was managing director of Burlington Books in Athens, Greece.
Ten Strands is a founding partner of the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative.
